Newspaper Apologizes for 2008 Obama Endorsement

The Billings Gazette apologized on Friday for its 2008 endorsement of Barack Obama for president in an editorial titled "Gazette opinion: Obama earned the low ratings."

The Gazette said it missed George W. Bush and the "good ol’ days when we were at least winning battles in Iraq."

It recapped several mistakes Obama has made during his presidency:

Obama has also failed on energy policy by not approving the Keystone XL pipeline, which could be helpful to the economy.

He has failed in Iraq; the country is now on the brink of civil war.

The Gazette wrote that the Bowe Bergdahl exchange made the Obama administration seem incompetent.

The VA system has been mismanaged by the Obama administration, leading to veterans dying before they could receive medical care.

Obama has also broken his promise to become the "most transparent administration in history." The Gazette said the president’s administration is so opaque that is has earned a reputation worse than that of Richard Nixon.

The Gazette closed its editorial by noting that these mistakes "demonstrate a disturbing trend of incompetence and failure":

These are all signs — none of them definitive on their own, necessarily. However, when taken in completely, these demonstrate a disturbing trend of incompetence and failure. It's not just that Americans are in a sour mood about national politics. That's probably part of it. Instead, Obama has become another in a line of presidents long on rhetoric and hopelessly short on action.

Obama's hope and change have left liberals and conservatives alike hoping for real change, not just more lofty rhetoric.